Yes, you're right, any site can redirect to anywhere else, but if that happens and I end up somewhere I don't want to be, I can blacklist both the original site and the target. I admit that this may be an exercise in futility, but at least it's possible.
My personal mail client, and the one I use at work, both handle long URLs fine. No need for tinyurl there. And no, I never advocated hotlinking to images. Joseph On 04/06/2008, Andy Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 04 June 2008 18:12, Joseph Reeves wrote: > > Disable javascript and it works much better. I use the NoScript FF > > extension. > > > Best FF extension imho. > > > > TinyURL on the other hand... Why would anyone ever use that? I never > > click on links unless I know where they link to. Here's a plan for > > abuse: > > > tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many sites > insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link provided by > someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I use this url as an > example - look what your mail client / this mailing list does to it (break it > on wrap) > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU&srp=dhFg13955&bmio=freerunner&manuf=fic-om > > it's clearly easier to have > > http://tinyurl.com/4e7o6d > > > > > > 1: Discover browser 0-day exploit > > 2: Put up a gallery of FreeRunner pictures on a website > > 3: Point a tinyurl at the gallery > > 4: Wait until everyone's linked to it and is clicking it > > 5: Change gallery to 0-day exploit > > > > Or even easier: > > > > 1: Link to goatse. > > > Right, and any webpage could still redirect your browser to another so your > example fails. > > > > TinyURL takes all the best practice Internet guidlines you try and > > teach people and ruins them all. Can't stand it. > > > > > and yet you're happy to advocate hotlinking to images, thus leeching > bandwidth. That's worse imho. > > -- > > Andy / ScaredyCat > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
